The event also ended successfully for Italy80th Venice Film Festival with the delivery of Golden Lion to the winner and other prizes. Here are the winners of this 2023 edition.
Venice Film Festival 2023
Another great Italian success in the world that of the 2023 edition of the Venice Film Festival which kept the spotlight on around the world for two weeks, from 30 August to 9 September which saw Italian and international actors and directors, influencers and stars on the red carpet. This year's godmother, the beautiful and talented Caterina Murino she was the perfect hostess of this great event. Among the characters present: Woody Allen, Sofia Coppola, Emma Stone, William Defoe.
The contribution of the Italian stylist is also important Giorgio Armani which with its exclusive parade party made the lagoon shine even more.
This year there were twenty-five protagonist films together with the others out of competition which animated and enchanted in the magical setting of Lido of Venice.Among the winners Liliana Cavani, director Matthew Garrone e Micaela Ramazzotti, his first directorial
The awards ceremony, the long-awaited “Night of the Lions“, was held at the Palazzo del cinema.
Roberto Cicutto, President of the Venice Biennale, has declared the closure of the 80th edition of the Venice International Film Festival. A thought was addressed to the serious earthquake that hit Morocco.
The Winners
Here are all the prizes and winners of the 2023 edition awarded by the jury of Official Competition, chaired by Damien Chazelle, composed by Saleh Bakri, Jane Campion, Gabriele Mainetti, Mia Hansen-Løve, Santiago Mitre, Laura Poitras and Shu Qi:
Golden Lion: Poor Things, by Yorgos Lanthimos
Silver Lion: I Captain, by Matteo Garrone to the best director and the Marcello Mastroianni Award to the young emerging actor a Seydou Sarr, Senegalese protagonist.
Special Jury Prize: green border di Agnieszka Holland
Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize: Evil Does Not Exist di Ryusuke hamaguchi
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Peter Sarsgaard for Memory; Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Cailee Spaeny for Priscilla
Osella Award for Best Screenplay: Guillermo Calderon e Pablo Larrain for Count
A Count by Pablo Larrain the screenplay award.
Armani Beauty Spectator Award: Happiness di Michaela Ramazzotti.
The other prizes
These are the other awards in the other categories:
HORIZONS BEST FILM
Magyarázat Mindenre (Explanation For Everything) by Gábor Reisz
HORIZONS BEST DIRECTOR
Mika Gustafson for Paradiset Brinner (Paradise is Burning)
SPECIAL ORIZZONTI JURY PRIZE
An Endless Sunday by Alain Parroni
HORIZONS BEST FEMALE ACTING
Margarita Rosa Francisca in El Paraiso by Enrico Maria Artale
HORIZONS BEST MALE ACTING
Tergel Bold Erdene in Ser Ser Salhi (City Of Wind) by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
HORIZONS BEST SCREENPLAY
El Paraiso by Enrico Maria Artale
HORIZONTI BEST SHORT FILM
A Short Trip by Erenik Beqiri
AEON OF THE FUTURE – VENICE AWARD FOR FIRST WORK “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS
Ai Shi Yi Ba Qiang (Love Is A Gun) by Lee Hong-Chi
EXTRA HORIZONS
VENICE CLASSICS AWARD
Best restored film
Ohikkoshi (Moving) by Shinji Sōmai
Best documentary
Thank You Very Much by Alex Braverman
IMMERSIVE VENICE
Venice Immersive Grand Prix
Songs for a Passerby by Celine Daemen
Special Jury Prize Venice Immersive
Flow by Adriaan Lokman
Venice Immersive Achievement Award
Empereur (Emperor) by Marion Burger, Ilan Cohen
CAMPARI PASSION For Film
Tonino Zera
CARTIER AWARD – Glory to the Filmmaker Award
Wes Anderson
Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival award for the actor Tony Leung.
